Monday, February 28, 2005

articles 2/28

The Tipping Points
by Tom Friedman

'Delightful for Its Ordinariness'
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
by Arthur Chrenkoff

High Taxes Wither Away
Former communist countries lead the way in abandoning progressivity.

Lebanese ministers resign office
Mr Karami denies any involvement in the attack on Mr HaririLebanon's Prime Minister Omar Karami has announced he and his government are resigning, two weeks after the murder of former PM Rafik Hariri.

The Peculiar Institution: Understanding Why Palestinian Terror Is Different
by Lee Harris
Terrorism is the Palestinians' peculiar institution, the way slavery was the peculiar institution of the American South in the nineteenth century. And like American slavery, Palestinian terrorism has its defenders. Lee Harris explains why those who continue to apologize or palliate Palestinian terror in any way are betraying the very people that they are claiming to support.

Are We All Happy Yet?
by Robert McHenry
Happiness surveys don't tell us anything intelligible. But even if they did, there is a deeper problem with them....

Father Knows Best?
by Sandy Szwarc
Part One of why you want your government out of your healthcare.

A Mideast Makeover?
by Jackson Diehl

NY Sun
Clinton Says Wife Would Be Good President

Minds Are Changing
by Michael Barone

The hinge of history
by Robert Novak
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's stand against embryonic stem cell research not only changes the long-range picture for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Rolling back the tide of tyranny
by Mike S. Adams
Last semester, the faculty senate at the University of Alabama (UA) passed an Orwellian speech code designed to restrict 'any behavior that demeans or reduces an individual based on group affiliation or personal traits, or which promotes hate or discrimination.'

What's next for liberalism?
by John Leo
Question for the day: if liberalism isn’t dead, then why are autopsies performed so regularly?

Time’s up for Syria
by Peter Brookes
It should now be widely recognized that the President’s unwavering push for Muslim democracy has reaped significant results.

All wet
by George Will
In this city of histrionic architecture, the building that matters most may be the bland, low-slung headquarters of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

NY Times
Alternate Reality Video Games Blur Many Lines
\Alternate-reality gaming blends real-life treasure hunting, interactive storytelling, video games and online community -- and may be one of the most powerful guerrilla marketing mechanisms ever invented.

Online Retailers Pursue Teenagers
Companies like Macy’s are trying to get teenagers to shop on their Web sites, using techniques that, they hope, reflect the shifting and sometimes contradictory signals of this group.

Now We Need the Media's Help in Iraq
by Iyad Allawi

Natan Sharansky: A Scorned Idealist
by Aluf Benn

Admiral Steers Support for Gays in Military
by Deb Price

The Arab Street
A vanquished cliché.
By Christopher Hitchens

Mac's Original Designer Dies
Jef Raskin, who died Saturday at 61, believed that computers should be user-friendly and affordable. Those ideas helped get Apple off the ground and changed the nature of computing forever.

Known Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach
Looks like a hacker was able to break into the wireless giant's customer records and private e-mail last year because the company neglected to patch a security hole in a commercial software package.

Wired
Mind Control
Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants.

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